Maybe because they see it treated as such by adults. How many people's first reaction to a murderer is too often to look for some other cause in society, his upbringing, etc. Whatever to shift blame and thus punishment from him.
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Police Say 2 Boys Plotted to Kill Teacher
Two middle school students described by police as clean-cut 14-year-olds were arrested for allegedly plotting to kill a teacher who had flunked one of them.
Authorities said the plot was foiled Friday after a student at Palm Middle School in suburban Lemon Grove heard the teens boasting about their plans and told his parents.
"It was within a half-hour of happening," said sheriff's Lt. Dennis Ferons.
The boys were arrested at school and a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol belonging to the father of one of them was found hidden in bushes on campus, police said.
http://www.ev1.net/english/news/newsarticle.asp?articleID=18924996&subject=headlines
These are 14 year olds!!! Why is it so many of our youth are taking killing so casually? In my school days getting revenge was maybe putting a tack on the teacher's chair (which never worked) or at worst a frog in the chalk drawer.

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